The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Retail over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Retailing
Rank 52 52 58
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Retail 11 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.975% 1.029% 0.550%
As % of the General category 7.051% 3.409% 1.807%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 2
Average salary £30,000 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All of the General Category
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
156 176 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 28.01% 30.19% 30.46%
Number of salaries quoted 137 143 141
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -2.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £18,450 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Retail
North East

Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Retail across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Tyne and Wear Retail Jobs Demand Trend

Retail
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Retail across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Retail Salary Trend

Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Retail across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear Retail Salary Histogram

Retail
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Sunderland - 6 £28,750 -
Newcastle upon Tyne -10 5 £58,500 +30.00%
Retail
North East

Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing Retail also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Retail.

1 8 (50.00%) VB.NET
1 8 (50.00%) .NET
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Adobe
2 6 (37.50%) Dreamweaver
2 6 (37.50%) Acrobat
2 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (37.50%) Photoshop
2 6 (37.50%) HTML
2 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 6 (37.50%) CSS
2 6 (37.50%) Flash
2 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Banking
3 5 (31.25%) Retail Banking
4 3 (18.75%) PHP
5 2 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (12.50%) Java
5 2 (12.50%) C#
5 2 (12.50%) C++
5 2 (12.50%) ISEB
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Ruby
5 2 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 2 (12.50%) QA
5 2 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing

Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing Retail also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Retail. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (50.00%) .NET
2 6 (37.50%) HTML
2 6 (37.50%) CSS
2 6 (37.50%) Flash
3 2 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Magento
1 1 (6.250%) Windows Azure
1 1 (6.250%) IIS
1 1 (6.250%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Acrobat
1 6 (37.50%) Photoshop
1 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
1 5 (31.25%) Banking
1 5 (31.25%) Retail Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Web Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Product Development Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Product Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Non-Functional Test Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Head of IT
4 1 (6.250%) Process Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) PHP Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Junior
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Project Management
1 2 (12.50%) Performance Testing
1 2 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Analytics
2 1 (6.250%) Release Management
2 1 (6.250%) Usability Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Load Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Stress Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Security Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Volume Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Scalability Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Brand Management
2 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
2 1 (6.250%) Business Development
2 1 (6.250%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (6.250%) Service Management
2 1 (6.250%) Process Management
2 1 (6.250%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) VB.NET
2 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) PHP
4 2 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (12.50%) C++
4 2 (12.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ISEB
1 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 6 (37.50%) Adobe
2 1 (6.250%) Citrix
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